diff --git a/compiler/installer.ini b/compiler/installer.ini
index 63006d1b0c..c2a9dce81d 100644
--- a/compiler/installer.ini
+++ b/compiler/installer.ini
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ Files: "lib"
 [Other]
 Files: "examples"
 Files: "dist/nimble"
+Files: "dist/fusion"
 
 Files: "tests"
 
diff --git a/tools/deps.nim b/tools/deps.nim
index 888237761f..394dc0d258 100644
--- a/tools/deps.nim
+++ b/tools/deps.nim
@@ -1,13 +1,25 @@
-import os, uri, strformat
+import os, uri, strformat, osproc
 
 proc exec(cmd: string) =
   echo "deps.cmd: " & cmd
   let status = execShellCmd(cmd)
   doAssert status == 0, cmd
 
+proc execEx(cmd: string): tuple[output: TaintedString, exitCode: int] =
+  echo "deps.cmd: " & cmd
+  execCmdEx(cmd, {poStdErrToStdOut, poUsePath, poEvalCommand})
+
+proc isGitRepo(dir: string): bool =
+  # This command is used to get the relative path to the root of the repository.
+  # Using this, we can verify whether a folder is a git repository by checking
+  # whether the command success and if the output is empty.
+  let (output, status) = execEx fmt"git -C {quoteShell(dir)} rev-parse --show-cdup"
+  result = status == 0 and output == ""
+
 const commitHead* = "HEAD"
 
-proc cloneDependency*(destDirBase: string, url: string, commit = commitHead, appendRepoName = true) =
+proc cloneDependency*(destDirBase: string, url: string, commit = commitHead,
+                      appendRepoName = true, allowBundled = false) =
   let destDirBase = destDirBase.absolutePath
   let p = url.parseUri.path
   let name = p.splitFile.name
@@ -18,5 +30,10 @@ proc cloneDependency*(destDirBase: string, url: string, commit = commitHead, app
     # note: old code used `destDir / .git` but that wouldn't prevent git clone
     # from failing
     exec fmt"git clone -q {url} {destDir2}"
-  exec fmt"git -C {destDir2} fetch -q"
-  exec fmt"git -C {destDir2} checkout -q {commit}"
+  if isGitRepo(destDir):
+    exec fmt"git -C {destDir2} fetch -q"
+    exec fmt"git -C {destDir2} checkout -q {commit}"
+  elif allowBundled:
+    discard "this dependency was bundled with Nim, don't do anything"
+  else:
+    quit "FAILURE: " & destdir & " already exists but is not a git repo"